So says this critic for the Irish Times. Unfortunately, the Irish and British governments are no fans. In 1994 they passed the Criminal Justice Act and Public Order Act, effectively outlawing many aspects of club culture. How similar to the social marginalization of the pre-Second World War jazz scene. – Irish Times
Tag: 09.13.99
THE US IS ALREADY THE FIFTH LARGEST SPANISH-SPEAKING COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
But the market for Spanish books is as diverse as the Mexicans, Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Central Americans and other Latinos within it. – Publisher’s Weekly
The New York Times Bestseller list
Amazon, the online retailer, recently marshaled its attorneys for the right to use the list in its marketing. Now book superstore Barnes & Noble has announced it doesn’t want to use the list at all. What’s the fuss about? – New York Times
Writing with substance
Is it really true that “the question is no longer what the writer has written but rather who the writer is?” Jonathan Yardley writes about the pressures of writing literate. – Washington Post